Opposition to new parking charges

Friday, 24 October 2014 at 00:00

Plans to introduce and increase parking charges in Douglas are receiving mixed reviews from the public.

A range of controversial measures are being brought in by the Department of Infrastructure to help save £5 million this financial year.

They include increasing charges in Douglas car parks, reducing free disk parking on the promenade to one hour and charging to park on the walkway - meters were installed earlier this week.

Many of the changes don't need Tynwald approval - we asked motorists what they thought of the plans:

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Opposition to new parking charges

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